Tape-moistening machine.



PATENTED APR. 21, 1908.

G. SENNB. TAPE MOISTENING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16. 1908:

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UNITED er-1 CAM ILLUS SE NNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TAPE-MOISTENING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. April 21, 1008.

Application filed January 16, 1908. Serial No. 411,047.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAMILLUs SENNE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, city and county of New York, andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements inTape-Moistening Machines, 0 which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to' a device for moistening strips or webs offlexible material, and is es ecially designed to moisten the adhesive sie of gummed tape such as is made of aper or cloth.

Sue of the objects of the invention is to rovide such a device in whichthe tape in t e form of a roll is contained and wherein the tape can bewithdrawn and unwound as withdrawn, and in which means are provided formoistening the gummcd side of the tape as withdrawn from the device.

A further object is to provide a suitable receptacle for containing aconsiderable quantity of water for supplying a suitable bibulous member,such as a sponge, that will moisten the tape as it is drawn from theholder.

In the accompanying drawing representing an embodiment of my inventionFigure 1 shows the device in erspective, a art of the receptacle beingbro en away to s ow its interior. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through aportion of the receptacle.

The device is shown. in the drawings as comprising a holder H ofsubstantial cylindrical form set on its edge and supported by a suitablebase B, the holder being adapted to contain a roll of tape T. If desiredtwo small rolls can be laced side by side in the holder. The eriphery Pof the holder has a slot at S and t e outer end 6 of the tape T iscarried outward through this slot.

A suitable rece tacle is provided for containing water, and one portionof the receptacle extends in proximity to the gummed ta e, preferablybelow the same, and is provi ed with a bibulous member partly located inthe receptacle to be saturated with the water, and partly located tohave one face of the tape drawn out from the holder. In the constructionillustrated a receptacle R is shown in the form of an elongated tube 1-secured to one side of the holder H, b brack ets 'n, and 1) soldered tothe tube; an havin an arm m extending across the periphery o the holderwith its free end closed. At the upper art of the arm is a slot oropening t in whic is located a bibulous body, such as a sponge w, thatpro'ects down into the water and is saturated t ereb The upper part ofthe sponge is locate in a line with the slot S, or a short distancebelow the same. As the tape T is drawn out from the holder its lowergummed face will bear against the I top of the sponge and will beproperly moistened. The receptacle R at its other end may be providedwith an n ward extension that has a suitable cap C, w ereby thereceptacle can be conveniently filled with water from time to time. Butit will be observed that the receptacle is of considerable capacity andwill keep the s onge saturated for a considerable length 0 time until itis practically exhausted.

A suitable cutter may be provided, in the form of a strip D having aserrated edge 05, and located a short distance above the tape. After thetape-has been properly moistened it may be drawn upward against thetoothed edge, that will sever the lengthof tape.

It will be seen that the device affords means for practically moisteningthe tape in an automatic manner as unwound from the roll in which it issupplied. Furthermore just suflicient tape is moistened as is needed foractual use. And the device will remain operative for a considerableperiod of time because ofthe large capacity of the receptacle for thewater, that kee s the sponge moistened and saturated, an is therefore,always ready for use. It will also be seen that the device has no movingparts, and that it is very simple and economical of construction.

. Having described my invention I claim:

The combination with a cylindrical holder for containing a roll of tapeand having a slot in the periphery at one side through which the tape isdrawn from the roll as unwound, a receptacle comprising an elongatedortion secured at one side of the holder, and aving a projectin portionextending across the periphery of t e holder below the said slot, saidprojecting portion having an opening in its top, a, sponge located insaid opening and extending down into the Waterfsaid receptacle beingpositioned with the sponge located ad- 5 jacent the opening slot in theholder to enage the lower face of the tape as drawn out Fmm the holderthrough the slot.

j v Signed at Nos. 9-15 Murray street, New York, N. Y., th1s 15th day ofJanuary, 1908.

CAMILLUS SENNE.

FRED. J. DOLE,

I W1tnesses i HENRY E. GimENWooD.

